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Table 1 Characteristics (at visit-2) of participants with and without any change (incident tears and increase in score) in tears over 8 years

From: Natural history and clinical significance of meniscal tears over 8 years in a midlife cohort

 

Any change (n = 31)

No change (n = 167)

p-value

Age (years)

50.06 ± 6.35

47.37 ± 6.49

0.046

Male (%)a

57

39

0.069

BMI (kg/m2)

29.51 ± 7.10

26.77 ± 4.38

0.008

Offspring (%)a

72

45

0.008

Any ROA (%)a, b

33

18

0.046

WOMAC pain (mean)

4.77 ± 7.14

2.63 ± 4.71

0.051

Total tibial cartilage vol (mm3)

4868.43 ± 1012.85

4500.62 ± 1062.66

0.093

Total femoral cartilage vol (mm3)

9562.64 ± 2377.24

8531.51 ± 2269.82

0.047

Total cartilage defects (mean)

5.24 ± 2.04

3.80 ± 1.43

<0.001

Total tibial bone area (mm2)

3273.17 ± 473.89

3079.38 ± 473.01

0.049

Any bone marrow lesion (%)a

59

50

0.380

Any pathological effusion (%)a

55

34

0.028

  1. Mean ± standard deviation except for percentages
  2. Bold font denotes statistically significant (p = <0.05) results
  3. aDetermined by Chi square test, others by t-test
  4. bAssessed at the baseline visit; the rest assessed at visit-2